You Don’t Owe Anyone An Apology For These 12 Things

I’m sorry, but…wait…no I’m not.

Apologizing, generally speaking, is a good thing. It shows that you’re willing to take responsibility for your actions, fix mistakes you’ve made, and that you actually care about how your decisions impact other people (as long as the apology is genuine).

However, many of us spend far too much time apologizing in life for things that don’t actually warrant an apology.

How often do you say “sorry” or “I’m sorry” for something that you don’t truly need to be sorry for?

In this article, we’re going to highlight 12 areas of life where you should (probably) pump the brakes on the knee-jerk apologies. It’s probably your first instinct as a response, but with some intentional and conscious re-wiring, you can save the “sorries” for when you really need them.

1: Having healthy emotional boundaries.

I’ve written quite a few articles about having healthy emotional boundaries (like this one), and the general gist of them is that you should have a clear vision of the types of treatment that you accept (and don’t) from other people, but also from yourself.

I believe that one of the biggest roadblocks to people setting healthy boundaries for…